formerly/formally Rupert Dannreuther
Ru is a talented multi-arts manager with a background in arts, marketing and education. His previous employment includes working in marketing for arts, entertainment & culture organisations such as The Yard Theatre, Wilton's Music Hall, Rose Bruford College, Cineworld PLC, AKA and London Borough of Hounslow.
He is an experienced blogger and manage my own website To Do List (the offbeat guide to London & beyond), as well as being a culture vulture making the most of the incredible arts and cultural scene London has to offer.
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Professor of Film Practice
I am an artist-filmmaker working in both the cinema and gallery. My current research is on autism and cinema (cinemautism) and filming end of life. I am embarking on a four-year project funded by the Wellcome Trust, titled Autism Through Cinema (with Professor Janet Harbord).
My second feature film, ISLAND, had its world premiere at the 61st BFI London Film Festival in 2017 and international premiere at Rotterdam Film Festival 2018. ISLAND will have a UK cinema release at selected venues from September 2018.
My first feature film Buried Land was officially selected for Tribeca, Moscow, Sarajevo, Mumbai film festivals 2010 and is available on ITunes. Recent exhibitions include The Interval and the Instant, a solo show at Fabrica Brighton and sister project to ISLAND. My documentary Those Who Are Jesus was nominated for a Grierson Award.
I am the Head of Film Practice at QMUL, co-founder of the Centre for Film & Ethics, and convenor of the MA in Documentary Practice. Prior to joining QM, I was the director of the Moving Image Research Centre at the University of East London, and an Assistant Professor in film at SUNY Buffalo. I have convened a number of symposia and screenings to do with cinema and artists’ moving image, and have published widely. I co-founded the arts laboratory event OMSK (1995-2008), a London based collective of artists creating site specific and cross-disciplinary events. I gained a theory-practice PhD through UCL, The Slade in 2007.